Classical Mayan city-states
Polynesian migrations to Central Mexico
Decline of Teotihuacan in Central Mexico
Early inter-regional trade routes, Interactions: Indian Ocean, Transaharan Africa, Silk Roads
Early Ghana Empire- first west African advanced/urban culture
Early Anasazi culture in SW N. America
Sui Dynasty- China (Tang Dynasty soon to follow)
Polytheistic and animist N. Africa and SW Asia
Byzantine Empire- former E. Roman Empire, continues many Roman Cultural characteristics
Early Feudalistic, Christian Western Europe after fall of W. Roman Empire; cultural and technological Empire
Key Events and Patterns:
Origins and Diffusion of Islam
Turkic conquest of India (creating Muslim, Delhi Sultanate)
Networks, population growth, and agricultural improvements led to new regional states in W. Europe, Americas, smaller states in Polynesia
Russian Tsars convert to Christianity
Diffusion of Indian mathematics to Arabs
Mongol conquests of Song China, much of Eurasia (Russia & Ukraine)
Crusades
Papal/European Monarch conflict, "investiture controversy"
Nomadic Turkic gradual conquest of fragmented Abbassid (first Muslim) caliphate
Rise and decline of Mali
Travels of Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo
Swahili dominance of E. African trade
Viking dispersed settlements and intermarriage
Black Death, Bubonic Plague diffuses from Asia to Europe and Africa
Continuities:
European and Japanese Feudalism
Mixture of African agricultural, nomadic, and urban cultures
Slavery
Patriarchy
Nomadic conflict with settled, advanced, urban cultures (civilizations)
Minimal environmental change, except some deforestation in Europe
Chinese cultural paterns and dynastic cycles
Major city centers of trade and culture
Changes:
Increase in long distance trade, interactions if Indian Ocean and trans-Saharan trade routes, creating new trade
Revival of earlier Silk Roads trade and interactions (under Mongol protection)
Expanding religious, cultural, and political influence of Arab Islam continues Eurasian and African shift from polytheism to monotheism
Bantu Migrations
Diffusion and expansion of Islam, Christianity, Buddhism
Song restrictions on women's legal rights; footbinding
Early European Renaissance
Long-distance trade from Mesoamerica to N. America
Overview of Postclassical Unit: 600 CE - 1450 CE
Postclassical Unit Chapter Reviews
Unit Snapshot:
Classical Mayan city-states
Polynesian migrations to Central Mexico
Decline of Teotihuacan in Central Mexico
Early inter-regional trade routes, Interactions: Indian Ocean, Transaharan Africa, Silk Roads
Early Ghana Empire- first west African advanced/urban culture
Early Anasazi culture in SW N. America
Sui Dynasty- China (Tang Dynasty soon to follow)
Polytheistic and animist N. Africa and SW Asia
Byzantine Empire- former E. Roman Empire, continues many Roman Cultural characteristics
Early Feudalistic, Christian Western Europe after fall of W. Roman Empire; cultural and technological Empire
Key Events and Patterns:
Origins and Diffusion of IslamTurkic conquest of India (creating Muslim, Delhi Sultanate)
Networks, population growth, and agricultural improvements led to new regional states in W. Europe, Americas, smaller states in Polynesia
Russian Tsars convert to Christianity
Diffusion of Indian mathematics to Arabs
Mongol conquests of Song China, much of Eurasia (Russia & Ukraine)
Crusades
Papal/European Monarch conflict, "investiture controversy"
Nomadic Turkic gradual conquest of fragmented Abbassid (first Muslim) caliphate
Rise and decline of Mali
Travels of Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo
Swahili dominance of E. African trade
Viking dispersed settlements and intermarriage
Black Death, Bubonic Plague diffuses from Asia to Europe and Africa
Continuities:
European and Japanese FeudalismMixture of African agricultural, nomadic, and urban cultures
Slavery
Patriarchy
Nomadic conflict with settled, advanced, urban cultures (civilizations)
Minimal environmental change, except some deforestation in Europe
Chinese cultural paterns and dynastic cycles
Major city centers of trade and culture
Changes:
Increase in long distance trade, interactions if Indian Ocean and trans-Saharan trade routes, creating new tradeRevival of earlier Silk Roads trade and interactions (under Mongol protection)
Expanding religious, cultural, and political influence of Arab Islam continues Eurasian and African shift from polytheism to monotheism
Bantu Migrations
Diffusion and expansion of Islam, Christianity, Buddhism
Song restrictions on women's legal rights; footbinding
Early European Renaissance
Long-distance trade from Mesoamerica to N. America